Why was ‘Tiana’, a series of ‘The Princess and the Frog’ was canceled?

The “Tiana” series, which would be starring by Disney’s first official black princess, was canceled by Walt Disney Animation Studios. Derived from ‘The Princess and the Frog’, the title had the cancellation announced on Monday, 03, by The Hollywood Reporter.

Why was ‘Tiana’, a series of ‘The Princess and the Frog’ was canceled?

The reason for the decision is due to a strategic change of business. This is because the studio will no longer make original long -term content for streaming, according to the American magazine website.

The decision is not a big surprise among fans of Disney+ serial content as it is previously announced that Pixar will not have as a priority the episodes content in streaming service after “dream production” and “win or lose”.

In addition to the series starring the princess, a feature film that should debut directly on Disney+ has also been canceled. The title was not revealed, but due to the closures, layoffs should take place at the studio in Vancouver, Canada, where the animated studio is headquartered.

It is worth remembering that the Tiana series was announced in December 2020, and would have been imagined as a musical, where the protagonist would be accompanied while assuming the role of princess of Maldonia and lives new adventures by New Orleans. Since then, several efforts have been made to try to develop the plot for the small screens, so much so that the creative team was changed several, but the production costs ended up weighing and the plot did not arrive where the team idealized.

To earn shape, the story would bring Anika Noni Rose Repressing the role of the 2009 film and would be written by the original creators of “The Princess and the Frog”, Ron Clements and John Musker. Names like Stella Meghie and Joyce Sherri They were also associated as project writer and even defined to direct at least one episode each.

Furthermore, Joyce Sherri (Midfield Mass) had been announced as director. Now that the project has been discarded, THR states that it will join the development already started from a special in short film inspired by The Princess and the Frog. Details about the movie were not revealed.

“The Princess and the Frog” is based ‘The Frog Princess’, a book written by Ed Bakerwhich was published in 2002 that is inspired by the tale “The Prince Sapo” Grimm Brothers. In the story, Tiana battles day after day to open her own restaurant in New Orleans. Her plans end up gaining a new direction when she accepts to kiss a prince transformed into a frog to help him, putting her into a great adventure until the spell is undone.